LILIAN BROCA
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Website: www.lilianbroca.com
Education
1969–1971
- Pratt Institute, New York, USA, Master of Fine Arts (Honours)
1964–1968
- Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours)
Teaching Experience
1985–1996
- U.B.C., Vancouver, BC, Occasional Guest Lecturer
1995
- S.F.U., Vancouver, BC, Occasional Guest Lecturer
1994, 1996, 1997
- Okanagan Summer School of Arts, Drawing Instructor
1971–1984
- Kwantlen College, Vancouver, BC, Painting and Drawing Instructor
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2012
- Mosaic Art Now, Feb 1st, 2012, Celebrating (S)heroism in Mosaic, Prose and Poetry - A Review of "The Hidden and The Revealed: The Queen Esther Mosaic of Lilian Broca" by Nancie Mills Pipgras
2011

- The Canadian Jewish News, Dec 8, 2011, Book is Multi-Tiered Portable Museum, by Mordechai Ben-Dat
- Jewish Independent, November 18, 2011, Contemporary Ancient Art, by Cynthia Ramsay
- BC BOOKWORLD, Winter 2011 - 2012, Going for Broca, First Lilith, then Esther,Vol. 25, No 4
- National Post, November 12, 2011, Books & Writers, A Tale in Tiles
- The Alcuin Blog, Nov 21st 2011, The Hidden and The Revealed
- The Vancouver Sun, December 10, 2011, Christmas Gifts
- The Georgia Straight, December 1st, 2011, Broca's Mosaics Hit Printed Page
- The Vancouver Sun, Dec 10th, 2011, Weekend Review Gift Books
- Jewish Quarterly, Spring 2011, Jewish Literary Trust, London, England - photos for article Esther's Version by Anita Diamant
- Mosaic Art Now, 2011 edition, Lilian Broca - Canada, Wakefield MA, USA
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2011
- The Hidden and The Revealed: The Queen Esther Mosaics of Lilian Broca - by Sheila Campbell, Yosef Wosk and Lilian Broca, Gefen Publishing House Ltd., New York, USA and Jerusalem, Israel.
2010
- Tiffany Studios' Techniques Inspiration for Today's Artists - by Edith Crouch, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA, USA, 2010
- Mosaic Fine Art Portraits - by Irit Levy and Pam Givens, Mosaic Fine Art Books, USA, 2010
2008
- Feminist Theology with a Canadian Accent - Mary Ann Beavis editor, Novalis, St. Paul University, Ottawa, 2008,
"The Influence of Feminist Theology on Canadian Women Artists", by Mary Ann Beavis.
- Queen Esther - by E. Paul Braxton, AuthorHouse Publishers, Bloomington, Indiana, 2008
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2011
- Richmond Art Gallery - Arts For Life - Return to Byzantium.
2010
- B&M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music, Athens, Greece - Return to Byzantium.
- The Kemeny Residence, Vancouver, BC, Feb 10th, 2010 - Women of Power, Queen Esther.
2004
- Sidney and Gertrude Zack Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC – 5,000 years of Mosaics.
- Academy of Independent Scholars, Vancouver, BC – The Queen Esther Mosaics.
2001
- Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver BC - Images of Creation in works of Art through the Ages.
- Beth Israel Synagogue, Vancouver, BC – Images of Creation in works of Art through the Ages.
- The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA - The Legendary Lilith and my Work.
- The Rainier Club, Seattle, WA - The Legendary Lilith and my work.
1997
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC - Department. of Religious Studies and Classics – Images of Creation in works of Art through the Ages.
Two semesters.
- Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC – Department of Humanities – Self-Marketing in the Art World.
1996
- Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC - Department of Continuing Studies – Images of Creation in Works of Art Through the Ages.
- The Art Gallery of South Okanagan, Penticton, BC – The Legendary Lilith and my Work.
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- Received the Lorenzo Il Magnifico (Medici) gold medal in the 2003 Florence Biennale International Exhibition, Florence, Italy,2003
- Received first place award for best mosaic, two dimensional category, exhibited in the juried international mosaic exhibition Beneath the Surface in Chicago, US, 2006
- Received first place award for best mosaic, two dimensional category, exhibited in the juried international exhibition Opus – Veritas: Fragments of Truth at the Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, 2004
- Invited to collaborate with eminent scholar Dr. Yosef Wosk and established Canadian designer Linda Coe on a publication based on the biblical story of Queen Esther, 2008
- Finalist in Imago National Art Competition, juried travelling exhibition in November 2002 and January 2003
- Invited to participate in the 2003 Florence Biennale
- Appeared in Cultural Arts section of the Weekly ROMPOST, multicultural channel 8 program in 2003 and 2004; in the latter, as a profile of the artist, 27 minutes.
- Collaborated with distinguished Canadian author/poet Joy Kogawa on a publication based on the legend of Lilith, an ancient Hebrew mythological figure. The book A Song of Lilith was launched in Sept. 2000 by Raincoast Books Publishers.
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